Hi,

We updated our standing penalty for Patron_Exceeds_Fines to:  
CIRC|FULFILL|HOLD|RENEW.
We removed CAPTURE.

This allowed Holds to be captured and put on the Holdshelf for patrons who have 
exceeded the fine limit.  Before this change patrons who had not yet exceeded 
the fine limit could place a Hold and then when the Hold arrived at the pickup 
location if the patron's fines at that time had exceeded the limit, staff would 
not be alerted to the Hold when checking in the item.  Now staff are alerted 
and can put it on the Holdshelf and when the patron comes to check out the item 
staff will see the block and be able to resolve it (hopefully) with the patron.

In looking closely at our Holds data, the only Holds I see with a Fulfillment 
date appear to be Holds that were checked out to a patron but not first 
captured.  We have the library setting Checkout Fills Related Hold set to True.

I am continuing to test and look at the data to fully understand when something 
is considered fulfilled but that's what I've found so far.

Joan

Joan Kranich
C/W MARS Member Services
[email protected]
508-755-3323 ext. 21

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Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 1:57 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Standing Penalties

Srey Seng - Thank you for your answer to my question regarding the standing 
penalty labeled "fulfill". I still don't quite think I've got it right. There 
are five potential penalties - Circ, Fulfill, Hold, Capture, renew. I would 
think "circ" means check out, "hold" means place a hold, "capture" means 
capture an item for the hold, and "renew" means renew.

Anyone want to chime in on the "fulfill" penalty?

Deana

Deana Cunningham
Branch Manager, South Branch Library
1550 S. Campus Dr.
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Phone: (919) 528-1752
Fax: (919) 528-1376
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